Elvisha Dhamala
@elvisha.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Northwell
Previously McGill, Cornell, Yale
Brain-Based Predictive Modeling Lab: bpmlab.org
Interested in sex, gender, brain, behavior, mental health, neurodevelopment, and machine learning
Views are mine
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Previously McGill, Cornell, Yale
Brain-Based Predictive Modeling Lab: bpmlab.org
Interested in sex, gender, brain, behavior, mental health, neurodevelopment, and machine learning
Views are mine
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Elvisha Dhamala
@elvisha.bsky.social
· Aug 18
An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new restrictions put our research programs in jeopardy, writes Elvisha Dhamala @elvisha.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
Deleting data or stopping its collection will erase years of valuable brain research
An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new federal restrictions in the United States put their research programs in…
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"At a time when unsubstantiated opinions are often presented as facts, data are our most powerful tool to separate truth from misinformation. But data are now under attack."
Check out my essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social on what this means for research.
Check out my essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social on what this means for research.
Me: I have a million things to do and no time and I’m stressed.
Also me: Yes I’d love to be a human phantom for a study and get scanned at 5 different cities in the next 2 weeks.
Follow along with me on the @biologicalpsych.bsky.social instagram here:
www.instagram.com/biologicalps...
Also me: Yes I’d love to be a human phantom for a study and get scanned at 5 different cities in the next 2 weeks.
Follow along with me on the @biologicalpsych.bsky.social instagram here:
www.instagram.com/biologicalps...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Me: I have a million things to do and no time and I’m stressed.
Also me: Yes I’d love to be a human phantom for a study and get scanned at 5 different cities in the next 2 weeks.
Follow along with me on the @biologicalpsych.bsky.social instagram here:
www.instagram.com/biologicalps...
Also me: Yes I’d love to be a human phantom for a study and get scanned at 5 different cities in the next 2 weeks.
Follow along with me on the @biologicalpsych.bsky.social instagram here:
www.instagram.com/biologicalps...
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I love how this graphic is totally unhelpful for determining whether you're going to get 30 inches of snow or half an inch of ice.
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
I love how this graphic is totally unhelpful for determining whether you're going to get 30 inches of snow or half an inch of ice.
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🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
Applications due: Feb. 26
Start date: flexible, as early as June
More 👇
#neuroskyence #PsychSciSky
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“Lesion network mapping can be prone to false-positive findings or nonspecific findings, and study designs need to be constructed carefully in a way that can account for this,” says lesion network mapping co-developer Aaron Boes.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
Methodological flaw may upend network mapping tool
The lesion network mapping method, used to identify disease-specific brain networks for clinical stimulation, produces a nearly identical network map for any given condition, according to a new study.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Lesion network mapping can be prone to false-positive findings or nonspecific findings, and study designs need to be constructed carefully in a way that can account for this,” says lesion network mapping co-developer Aaron Boes.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
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Loving this whole data and computation packed final panel of #acnp2026 on sex differences and similarities in the organization of the brain helmed by @elvisha.bsky.social, @bogglerapture.bsky.social, Jason Lerch, and @tollkuhn.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Loving this whole data and computation packed final panel of #acnp2026 on sex differences and similarities in the organization of the brain helmed by @elvisha.bsky.social, @bogglerapture.bsky.social, Jason Lerch, and @tollkuhn.bsky.social
Can someone please tell me where I can get Hilary Duff concert tickets that aren’t like $2000?
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Can someone please tell me where I can get Hilary Duff concert tickets that aren’t like $2000?
my fomo is so real! can't wait to see all the great projects that come out of this!
The 2026 ABCD-ReproNim Hackathon is officially underway! Welcome to Hackaritaville🤓🍹🧠
January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
my fomo is so real! can't wait to see all the great projects that come out of this!
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Gonadal and sex chromosomal contributions to sex differences in mammalian brain organization www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... - really nice work from Armin Raznahan @bogglerapture.bsky.social and colleagues
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Gonadal and sex chromosomal contributions to sex differences in mammalian brain organization www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... - really nice work from Armin Raznahan @bogglerapture.bsky.social and colleagues
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Delighted to see this incredible work by the superb @joelleba.bsky.social + a stellar team out as a preprint. Joelle provides a compelling set of results showing that canonical white matter tracts that traverse the cortical hierarchy are linked to cognitive diversity. Congrats Joelle!!!
Ever wondered how white matter tracts actually map onto the cortical hierarchy and cognition—beyond the usual “projection vs association” labels?
Our new preprint tackles exactly that! 🧠✨ doi.org/10.64898/202...
Thread below 🧵
Our new preprint tackles exactly that! 🧠✨ doi.org/10.64898/202...
Thread below 🧵
Anatomical White Matter Tracts Span the Cortical Hierarchy to Support Cognitive Diversity
Long-range white matter (WM) tracts support cognition by enabling communication between distant cortical regions, which are organized along a hierarchy defined by the sensorimotor-to-association (S-A)...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Delighted to see this incredible work by the superb @joelleba.bsky.social + a stellar team out as a preprint. Joelle provides a compelling set of results showing that canonical white matter tracts that traverse the cortical hierarchy are linked to cognitive diversity. Congrats Joelle!!!
Reposted by Elvisha Dhamala
If you're a first-year biomedical Ph.D. student, I'd like to hear how your first few months of grad school have been going. I'm a science journalist at @statnews.com and got my Ph.D. in immunology before going into journalism. You can reach me at jonathan.wosen@statnews.com. #journorequest
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're a first-year biomedical Ph.D. student, I'd like to hear how your first few months of grad school have been going. I'm a science journalist at @statnews.com and got my Ph.D. in immunology before going into journalism. You can reach me at jonathan.wosen@statnews.com. #journorequest
After being sick on and off for like six weeks, I’d finally been feeling better for the past week… but I now have the flu and it feels like a very fitting end to this miserable year.
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
After being sick on and off for like six weeks, I’d finally been feeling better for the past week… but I now have the flu and it feels like a very fitting end to this miserable year.
ah yes its that time of year when you get like 10x more review invitations because everyone's trying to submit their manuscripts before the end of the year
spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to another cartoon character .
ALT: spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to another cartoon character .
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December 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
ah yes its that time of year when you get like 10x more review invitations because everyone's trying to submit their manuscripts before the end of the year
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📢 PhD Opportunities at FIU Biomedical Engineering – Apply by Dec 31 (Priority Deadline)
I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Dept of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!
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I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Dept of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!
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December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
📢 PhD Opportunities at FIU Biomedical Engineering – Apply by Dec 31 (Priority Deadline)
I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Dept of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!
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I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining the Dept of Biomedical Engineering at Florida International University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!
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Very proud to announce that the final chapter of my thesis is now out in Cell Reports! How do neurophysiological traits that characterize individuals evolve across the lifespan? We combined data from over 1,000 individuals aged 4–89 to answer this question. (1/6) 🧠👶👦👧👱👩🦱🧔♂️🧓👴
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Very proud to announce that the final chapter of my thesis is now out in Cell Reports! How do neurophysiological traits that characterize individuals evolve across the lifespan? We combined data from over 1,000 individuals aged 4–89 to answer this question. (1/6) 🧠👶👦👧👱👩🦱🧔♂️🧓👴
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Somehow missed that NSFGRFP will no longer consider clinical psychology students (regardless of the focus of the project?).
Any recommendations for alternative funding mechanisms for post-bacc and early doctoral students? Want to create a list for our postbaccs and PhD students
#AcademicSky
Any recommendations for alternative funding mechanisms for post-bacc and early doctoral students? Want to create a list for our postbaccs and PhD students
#AcademicSky
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Somehow missed that NSFGRFP will no longer consider clinical psychology students (regardless of the focus of the project?).
Any recommendations for alternative funding mechanisms for post-bacc and early doctoral students? Want to create a list for our postbaccs and PhD students
#AcademicSky
Any recommendations for alternative funding mechanisms for post-bacc and early doctoral students? Want to create a list for our postbaccs and PhD students
#AcademicSky
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Check out our latest paper, led by Jason Kim, out now in Nature Communications‼️🧠
The brain computes by processing information over time through interactions between connectivity and dynamics that are hard to model. Here we infer these interactions from data and find they better predict cognitive performance! www.nature.com/articles/s41... w/ @lindenmp.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Check out our latest paper, led by Jason Kim, out now in Nature Communications‼️🧠
Reposted by Elvisha Dhamala
Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B
#StateOfNeuroscience
#StateOfNeuroscience
Neuroscience funding: A source directory
Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B
#StateOfNeuroscience
#StateOfNeuroscience
ugh I hate when I'm trying to analyze MRI data and I can't figure out which body part it's from 💀
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ugh I hate when I'm trying to analyze MRI data and I can't figure out which body part it's from 💀
anyone else's eRA commons look like this?
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
anyone else's eRA commons look like this?
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Please repost: another kind of Black-Friday deal!
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Please repost: another kind of Black-Friday deal!
Come hang out in Noosa ft. brains and beaches 🩷
🔥🔥The Program for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now Available!!! 🔥🔥
We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!
Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.
Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...
We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!
Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.
Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Come hang out in Noosa ft. brains and beaches 🩷
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Attn MRI enthusiasts! 📣
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I’m thankful to share this opportunity to join us as MRI Center Director! ✨ Couldn’t speak more highly of my time here so far—such a supportive & collaborative place to build a lab—and I’m more than happy to share more with anyone interested
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I’m thankful to share this opportunity to join us as MRI Center Director! ✨ Couldn’t speak more highly of my time here so far—such a supportive & collaborative place to build a lab—and I’m more than happy to share more with anyone interested
🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center
About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Attn MRI enthusiasts! 📣
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I’m thankful to share this opportunity to join us as MRI Center Director! ✨ Couldn’t speak more highly of my time here so far—such a supportive & collaborative place to build a lab—and I’m more than happy to share more with anyone interested
Just in time for Thanksgiving, I’m thankful to share this opportunity to join us as MRI Center Director! ✨ Couldn’t speak more highly of my time here so far—such a supportive & collaborative place to build a lab—and I’m more than happy to share more with anyone interested
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Here we go. Its ALL #NIHGrant applications. Dec 8 is the new deadline. And a one page prelim data update will be accepted for all May Council submissions. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Here we go. Its ALL #NIHGrant applications. Dec 8 is the new deadline. And a one page prelim data update will be accepted for all May Council submissions. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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“NIH fully expects recipients to comply with the new terms and conditions, unless otherwise stated in the Notice of Award, or unless NIH has been enjoined by court order from imposing or enforcing such terms while that court order is in effect. “
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-007: Reminder of Compliance Requirements for NIH Extramural Recipients Related to Renegotiated Aims, Objectives, Titles, and Abstracts
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Reminder of Compliance Requirements for NIH Extramural Recipients Related to Renegotiated Aims, Objectives, Titles, and...
grants.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“NIH fully expects recipients to comply with the new terms and conditions, unless otherwise stated in the Notice of Award, or unless NIH has been enjoined by court order from imposing or enforcing such terms while that court order is in effect. “
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NIH study section that was originally scheduled for this coming Tuesday is back on track, will meet on Tuesday. No delay.
Other study sections are being rescheduled for early 2026.
Other study sections are being rescheduled for early 2026.
the white rabbit from alice in wonderland is crying while holding a clock and saying whew ! right on schedule !
Alt: the white rabbit from alice in wonderland is crying while holding a clock and saying whew ! right on schedule !
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November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
NIH study section that was originally scheduled for this coming Tuesday is back on track, will meet on Tuesday. No delay.
Other study sections are being rescheduled for early 2026.
Other study sections are being rescheduled for early 2026.